randomly I noticed that key earlier today, because some people have been given new usb keyboards instead of PS2 and they dont have that key (hp keyboards).... and now it appears here...
# 21.5-inch and 27-inch models, one of the following:
* 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB shared L2 cache
* 3.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 6MB shared L2 cache
# 27-inch models only, one of the following:
* 2.66GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache; Turbo Boost dynamic performance up to 3.2GHz
* 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache; Turbo Boost dynamic performance up to 3.46GHz; Hyper-Threading for up to eight virtual cores
Please feel free to reread my post. I did not say that Apple is catering to the lowest common denominator, I said that Apple has chosen non-upgradeable computers as their lowest common denominator.
I also don't know where you get the idea that Apple is selling a $2200 laptop as the best fit for most consumers. Apple's best sellers from my perspective (retail Apple salesperson in 1/2 million strong metropolitan area) are the $999/$1299 MacBook. The 1st two MacBook options easily outsell the more expensive models 5 to 1.
Could Apple sell more computers if they offered a wider variety of options? Absolutely. But one of the great things from our store's perspective about the limited options available is the fact that we can keep every combination of processor and video card in stock and change the RAM and HHD to the customer's specifications. It allows us to send >90% of our purchasing customers out the door with their computer in hand.
Why can't they offer the equivalent hardware of an iMac in the shell of a Mac Pro and meet the halfway point in terms of price? That would be the sweet spot for me.
Because Apple stopped catering to people who upgrade their computers a long time ago. The vast majority of consumers never upgrade a single component in their computer, and that's the lowest common denominator that Apple is appealing to. This means they can save cost and increase margin in a very competitive market.
I'm sure I'll come across as a Mac apologist, but it's the god's honest truth. I would love a mid/low powered expandable desktop, but it isn't going to happen anytime soon.
While I can still see the advantages of a numeric keypad for spreadsheet or accounting use, I think it makes a lot more sense to use a physically separate pad. With a detached pad, you can put the alphanumeric keys and mouse much closer together (and put your arms in a more natural position). The numeric pad can go in a more sensible location off to the side.
This was honestly the point of my post. I spend an above average amount of time in Excel and Numbers. I am more than willing to admit that the average user probably does not spend enough time using the numeric keypad to make it a mandatory feature, but at the same time I'm hesitant to agree that the standard keyboard should be sans-keypad.
The reason why I am hesitant is from my own personal observations at the local Apple Reseller I've worked part-time for over the last 4 years. When the Apple bluetooth keyboard dropped the keypad, there was a sizable number of people who declined the wireless upgrade due to the lack of a number pad. Our store has mitigated that by stocking up on the previous generation of apple bluetooth keyboards (in the white crumb catcher style), and those sell about 3:2 over the new keyboard to this day.
I'm probably a little hypocritical here since my argument against a mid-range upgradeable tower Mac is the same as yours against a keyboard with a number pad; not enough people would use it to make it worthwhile. Apple has been pretty good about these decisions in the past (i.e. floppy drives in 98), and they're probably right about this too.
as the aforementioned poster who took a swing at the OP, I just wanted to say that you are spot on about more than one thing in your post.
(A) I also don't think that the OP was trolling, and that he does have a valid, though not very well articulated, point. The FPS genre has grown quite stale in recent years from my point of view. While the occasional gem does poke through, most are a regurgitation of an existing plot, theme, or general idea, and it's hard to get excited about anything new when it all feels the same as what we saw last year or last decade.
That said, I do personally find myself buying the newest games pretty soon after they hit the shelves. I love online play even though I do hold two jobs and can't keep up with the fourteen year old kids who can spend days online. If I could consistently find good matches on older games, I probably wouldn't buy the new games, but as the players move on to the latest and greatest, the impetus to play an older game dwindles.
(B) In regards to the low hanging fruit; damn right! You toss a slow ball like that out there, and by god I'll swing for the fences.:)
There's Nexuiz, OpenArena, Sauerbraten, Tremulous, Urban Terror... I had my fill of first person shooters years ago and yet for some reason they're still being developed
Hey everybody! Rik has had his fill of FPSs! You can stop developing them now.
Thanks for letting us know, otherwise I'm sure game developers would have kept on making them without realizing that you didn't want them to.
I believe he was referring to a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air. Also, I hear they afford nice vistas when placed properly.
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iPhone doesn't work (how) I want and I own the damned thing.
I do hope Apple will go out of business because of this bullshit; they deserve it.
You're doing it wrong.
randomly I noticed that key earlier today, because some people have been given new usb keyboards instead of PS2 and they dont have that key (hp keyboards).... and now it appears here...
Weird.
are you getting a kick, etc?
I'm not going to get into a price comparison, but Apple does offer the i5 and i7 in the iMac line currently.
http://www.apple.com/imac/specs.html
# 21.5-inch and 27-inch models, one of the following:
* 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB shared L2 cache
* 3.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 6MB shared L2 cache
# 27-inch models only, one of the following:
* 2.66GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache; Turbo Boost dynamic performance up to 3.2GHz
* 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache; Turbo Boost dynamic performance up to 3.46GHz; Hyper-Threading for up to eight virtual cores
your underdeveloped knowledge of that song's title is quite underwhelming.
I though Mark Twain said that...
I don't know
Please feel free to reread my post. I did not say that Apple is catering to the lowest common denominator, I said that Apple has chosen non-upgradeable computers as their lowest common denominator.
I also don't know where you get the idea that Apple is selling a $2200 laptop as the best fit for most consumers. Apple's best sellers from my perspective (retail Apple salesperson in 1/2 million strong metropolitan area) are the $999/$1299 MacBook. The 1st two MacBook options easily outsell the more expensive models 5 to 1.
Could Apple sell more computers if they offered a wider variety of options? Absolutely. But one of the great things from our store's perspective about the limited options available is the fact that we can keep every combination of processor and video card in stock and change the RAM and HHD to the customer's specifications. It allows us to send >90% of our purchasing customers out the door with their computer in hand.
Why can't they offer the equivalent hardware of an iMac in the shell of a Mac Pro and meet the halfway point in terms of price? That would be the sweet spot for me.
Because Apple stopped catering to people who upgrade their computers a long time ago. The vast majority of consumers never upgrade a single component in their computer, and that's the lowest common denominator that Apple is appealing to. This means they can save cost and increase margin in a very competitive market.
I'm sure I'll come across as a Mac apologist, but it's the god's honest truth. I would love a mid/low powered expandable desktop, but it isn't going to happen anytime soon.
Gravy
try slashdot; they run some interesting stories, including the one you're referring to:
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/21/1751210
normally I'd give a troll like you a 0/10, but you actually got modded informative, so 1/10 it is.
"a seed" is the peer in a swarm with a complete copy of the file being offered.
"the seed" is the peer with the initial complete copy, or, later in the torrent's life, the only complete copy.
You should be able to pick up an 8GB for $299
With a little bit of google work, you might have learned that you can find the 8 GB model at a few stores for about $70 less.
First one I'd recommend is this one:
http://store.apple.com/
and just wednesday, Spinal Tap went and announced another tour :D
http://idle.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/05/1517213
Are you familiar with the term "bar time"? A restaurant/bar setting their clocks ahead 5-20 minutes is really not a very uncommon occurrence.
While I can still see the advantages of a numeric keypad for spreadsheet or accounting use, I think it makes a lot more sense to use a physically separate pad. With a detached pad, you can put the alphanumeric keys and mouse much closer together (and put your arms in a more natural position). The numeric pad can go in a more sensible location off to the side.
This was honestly the point of my post. I spend an above average amount of time in Excel and Numbers. I am more than willing to admit that the average user probably does not spend enough time using the numeric keypad to make it a mandatory feature, but at the same time I'm hesitant to agree that the standard keyboard should be sans-keypad.
The reason why I am hesitant is from my own personal observations at the local Apple Reseller I've worked part-time for over the last 4 years. When the Apple bluetooth keyboard dropped the keypad, there was a sizable number of people who declined the wireless upgrade due to the lack of a number pad. Our store has mitigated that by stocking up on the previous generation of apple bluetooth keyboards (in the white crumb catcher style), and those sell about 3:2 over the new keyboard to this day.
I'm probably a little hypocritical here since my argument against a mid-range upgradeable tower Mac is the same as yours against a keyboard with a number pad; not enough people would use it to make it worthwhile. Apple has been pretty good about these decisions in the past (i.e. floppy drives in 98), and they're probably right about this too.
I didn't notice this till now... where's the damn 10-key? No one is going to use Excel or Numbers on the new iMacs?
it's moving up the list :D
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Filter error: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
Mac OS X Leopard is a fully POSIX-compliant 64-bit operating system.
http://developer.apple.com/leopard/overview/osfoundations.html
did you considered a USB hub?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Davis
I think you need to double-check your sig, I believe the correct quote is:
"I love humor. I love the whooshing sound it makes as it flies by." -D. Adams
Please reference this thread as proof.
I was with you right up until the bit about enjoying an Adam Sandler movie with 13 year old mode turned off.
90 minutes of blank screen? You sir have a strange idea of enjoyable.
as the aforementioned poster who took a swing at the OP, I just wanted to say that you are spot on about more than one thing in your post.
(A) I also don't think that the OP was trolling, and that he does have a valid, though not very well articulated, point. The FPS genre has grown quite stale in recent years from my point of view. While the occasional gem does poke through, most are a regurgitation of an existing plot, theme, or general idea, and it's hard to get excited about anything new when it all feels the same as what we saw last year or last decade.
That said, I do personally find myself buying the newest games pretty soon after they hit the shelves. I love online play even though I do hold two jobs and can't keep up with the fourteen year old kids who can spend days online. If I could consistently find good matches on older games, I probably wouldn't buy the new games, but as the players move on to the latest and greatest, the impetus to play an older game dwindles.
(B) In regards to the low hanging fruit; damn right! You toss a slow ball like that out there, and by god I'll swing for the fences. :)
There's Nexuiz, OpenArena, Sauerbraten, Tremulous, Urban Terror... I had my fill of first person shooters years ago and yet for some reason they're still being developed
Hey everybody! Rik has had his fill of FPSs! You can stop developing them now.
Thanks for letting us know, otherwise I'm sure game developers would have kept on making them without realizing that you didn't want them to.
I believe he was referring to a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air. Also, I hear they afford nice vistas when placed properly.